An account of the first cross-country automobile trip in the United States made in 1903 by Dr. Horatio Jackson, mechanic Sewall J. Crocker, and bulldog Bud.

Find out about the history of this famous road that went across the country. Explore the many sites along this road. From natural wonders like the Grand Canyon to human-made oddities like the Blue Whale, no other road captures the imagination like Route 66. What Happened to Route 66? What happened to all of the towns along this historic road?

Product Description: A cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles A continuous political parade from the Atlantic to the Pacific A story about the famous Lincoln Highway in 1924 The political caravan highlighting the 1924 presidential campaign of Calvin Coolidge and his running mate, Charles G...read more

Presents images of American life and humorous observations from the travelogue of two special correspondents for the Russian newspaper 'Pravda' who traveled from New York to California and back in 1935.

The companion volume to the PBS film chronicles the nation's first road trip by Horatio Jackson, a thirty-one-year-old Vermont doctor who drove his car from San Francisco to New York on mainly unpaved roads in 1903. 50,000 first printing.

Product Description: On July 7, 1919, a cavalcade of sixty-nine military motor vehicles set off from the White House on an epic journey. Their goal was California, and ahead of them lay 3,250 miles of mud and rock. Sixty-two days later they arrived in San Francisco, having averaged just five miles an hour...read more

A richly illustrated history of the first cross-country auto trips exposes the role of these well-publicized jaunts in changing the way the public felt about this new technology. (Transportation) (view table of contents)

Product Description: Route 66: The Empires of Amusement is, quite simply, the first book ever written to examine in detail the lives of the most overlooked group of people on America's favorite highway: the tourist attraction operators. From Whoopee Coasters to show caves, snake pits to trading posts with piano-playing chickens, Route 66: The Empires of Amusement goes to the families themselves for their stories, and then tells those stories in full...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)